Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for February 03, 2011

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    FLIGHT SUIT  almost 14 years ago

    No Dick, there is a difference:

    Noah had confidence he was going to survive the flood, because he was in a ship designed by Almighty God.

    You, on the other hand, are wetting your already soggy trousers, due to the fact that you are about to drown as a result of your own stupidity.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    Uh, oh… the water is climbing the stairs now! Did Mordred jump in?

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    margueritem  almost 14 years ago

    Is it 3-14 yet?

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    mrbribery  almost 14 years ago

    Boy something really musta happened. Spacy opened his eyes!

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Yeah, he opened them and saw the Sign of Evil.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    How can the waters be up to the second or third floor, when outside they’re still at the first-floor level? Also, this is the second time we’ve seen panel #1.

    As for Thick feeling like Noah, I wish Locher could speak English. Does this mean that Thick feels like someone who had enough sense to build a boat before a flood started? Is he saying that Noah built a leaky boat, thereby drowning and bringing the Bible to an early end in Genesis?

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    mrbribery  almost 14 years ago

    BillThompson: that water on the stair is an advance scouting party…

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Got it! Thick is talking about the bit where Noah got drunk, wandered around naked and fell down where people could laugh at him. And Like Noah, Thick is waiting for his own deliverance:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE&feature=fvst

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    thejensens  almost 14 years ago

    Bill Thompson beat me to the comment, how can the water reach the second floor as the water level shown in the first panel is still the same as in the previous panels.

    Yes Tracy, it is like Noah’s Ark, where everything was in pairs. In this case, we have Dumb and Dumber.

    Worst drawing of Tracy in panel 3.

    More action Friday, I promise.

    Looked ahead on Comics Kingdom.

    Readers might break out in a sweat reading Friday and Saturdays panels.

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    Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    That’s not water in panel 2; that’s flop sweat. Hold on, Thick! March 14 is only a bit over a month away!

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    Elexia  almost 14 years ago

    Tracy must’ve driven all the way to Brisbane in Australia, or north to Cairns where the biggest cyclone in Australian history - roughly the size of the US - is raging…

    Or maybe Locher’s writing has gotten so terrible it’s opened up a space/time singularity that is responsible for the mass of natural disasters currently lashing out at my beloved country.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Now Thick knows how Noah felt when he saw a pair of idiots try to board the ark.

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    LudwigVonDrake  almost 14 years ago

    Didn’t Sam have some good news the other day? What happened to that?

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    veldy  almost 14 years ago

    The good news is that the laws of physics no longer apply

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    neonleon59  almost 14 years ago

    @BillThompson: Good work on the Noah research/commentary!

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    JCFremont  almost 14 years ago

    I, uh - but that couldn’t possibly - I mean, what the - huh?

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    I don’t think Noah would have let the likes of Thick and Mordred on the boat, even if Thick was in drag - which he most likely would do.

    This is soooo bad…… Maybe Thick will cut and run like he usually does. But sitting around and jawing with Mordred, talking trash, ain’t gonna cut it. Yawn….

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    sydney  almost 14 years ago

    What an EXCITING story to remember Dick Locher by ! ?

    Appreciating Noah’s Ark ? Remember to put the Yellow Rubber Ducky aboard before sailing off.

    Departure date ? March 13th ?

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    steveyorkdesigns  almost 14 years ago

    Is Tracy or Mordred actually saying “WHAT?” in the last panel, or is that just the sound effect of Tracy whipping his head around?

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    woodworker318  almost 14 years ago

    I didn’t think this story could get any worse, but I was wrong.

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    Sardonis  almost 14 years ago

    Wow–I came upon this strip about a month or so ago out of curiosity. It really is retarded. Is it normally so bad?

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Thanks, neonleon59. I think it would be funnier if Thick’s ”What?” means that he’s just spotted Utnapishtim, or Zeus and Hermes. Or better yet, it’s Sigmund Freud out there, telling Locher that this flood symbolizes the onset of a bladder-control problem.

    I wonder how much inspiration Locher took from the Noah story. Remember that the Ark floated seven months before it ran aground and it took several more months for the world to dry out. Locher just has to envy that slowness … but once Locher’s Flood has served its purpose, it will ebb with a speed that makes Thick’s head spin even faster.

    One of the funny things about the Noah story is that the Ark was boarded by seven pairs of birds and clean animals, but only one pair of unclean animals. Maybe Thick has spotted the Ark and sees that Locher and Brozman have taken the spot he thought reserved for himself and Morbid.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Hey, morrow, Locher has finally written himself into a corner! Thick is in a fix where he can’t run away! Or doesn’t Locher understand that walking on water isn’t something you see every day?

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    puddleglum1066  almost 14 years ago

    I like the placement of the date in panel three. Makes it look like flies are buzzing around Thick’s head.

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    Dr. Midnight  almost 14 years ago

    That’s to go with the cobwebs in Locher’s head.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink. Water, water, everywhere, and what did Spacy think?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6JQ2Vzr0bQ

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    William Bednar Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    Thick seems to be drooling in panel 2. Maybe that’s where all the liquid on the lower level is coming from?

    Also, Thick’s startled look in panel 3 is priceless. Maybe Morass has finally taken off the chains himself, while Thick was distracted by the “flood”, and all his clothes as well? That would startle anyone!!

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    billdi Premium Member almost 14 years ago

    what? you talkin’ to me?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_4QopvYFs

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    mumbles  almost 14 years ago

    wake me in March

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    David Cygan  almost 14 years ago

    No Dick, the difference is Noah lived through the storm.

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    OldTracy  almost 14 years ago

    If water makes it to the 3rd floor, then the morphing police station will be in deep doo-doo too.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    WHAT?

    It isn’t a pig on wheels, it’s–

    http://tinyurl.com/4jerw7y

    –a pig on water-skis!

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    runar  almost 14 years ago

    We have a Noah-count detective left alone with a Noah-count villain.

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    countoftowergrove  almost 14 years ago

    Still waiting for Sam’s good news.

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    Vista Bill Raley and Comet™  almost 14 years ago

    BillThompson said,

    WHAT?

    It isn’t a pig on wheels, it’s–

    http://tinyurl.com/4jerw7y

    –a pig on water-skis! ——————————————————————-

    I like it!

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    Midnite  almost 14 years ago

    No go BillThompson. We can all THINK Locher has written himself into a corner and it may very well seem that way. But by saying that we have underestimated Locher. Locher has a habit of pulling tricks out of nowhere, such as us finding out that in the next strip the water has mysteriously vanished and no one even recalls it. Need I bring to mind what led up to the ‘power approach’?

    Now I may be wrong but if the water is able to rise up to the second floor in the granary it must be pretty horrible outside. Im assuming that the lake has overflowed and, if Tracy were crazy enough, he could just dive out the window and swim to safety. I doubt he would and Im sure that for some odd reason the ground is still there with not a puddle on it which wouldnt make a lick of sense. Then again, nothing here makes sense.

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    Bill Thompson  almost 14 years ago

    NVash, you’re right about Locher’s gonzo continuity. He’s capable of any absurdity in his quest to mark time. He might have Thick jump into deep water, almost drown, and get saved as the waters swiftly recede. With Locher the safest assumption may be that his plans will involve violating the laws of nature.

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    Morrow Cummings  almost 14 years ago

    Whatever Thick does will most definitely violate every law of reason in existence. You can bank on that. Laws of physics, statutory laws, police guidelines, you name it. Thick will mince them all. He’s been doing it since Locher took over. Why would it change now?

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    trekkermint  almost 14 years ago

    not bible noah

    noah greenburg, the cincinnati schlub

    dude couldn’t do nothing right and really liked lucha libre, yes,in that way

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    woodworker318  almost 14 years ago

    If Thick can’t run away maybe he will swim away or surf away on the waves outside.

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